Papeari

Papeari is a village on the south coast of Tahiti. It is located in Tahiti-nui district,[1] around 32 miles from Papeete.[2]

History

Papeari is attested in some accounts as Tahiti's oldest village.[3]

Some 19th-century sources attest that Papeari was formerly known as Vaiari (or Wyere), a name attributed to an indigenous group.[4] It houses a harbor with anchorage.[5]

Tourist sites in and near modern Papeari include the former home of the British novelist Robert Keable, who lived there from 1922 until his death in 1927, and a museum dedicated to the French painter Paul Gauguin, also a former resident of the area (from 1891-3).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Crocombe, R.G. (1988). French Polynesia: a book of selected readings. p. 184. ISBN 982-02-0032-6.
  2. ↑ Young, Melanie (22 February 2004). "Pacific perals: Gauguin exhibit further polishes Tahitian islands' allure". Boston Herald.
  3. 1 2 Goodwin, Bill (2010). Frommer's Tahiti and French Polynesia. Frommer's. p. 104-5. ISBN 0-470-61828-0.
  4. ↑ Williamson, R W (1926). The social and political systems of central Polynesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 174.
  5. ↑ United States Hydrographic Office (1906). Pacific Islands pilot. US Government Print Office. p. 100.

Coordinates: 17°45′S 149°21′W / 17.750°S 149.350°W / -17.750; -149.350

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